A hard blow to the illicit assets belonging to the alleged leader of the ‘Clan del Golfo’ who is accused of collecting money for the export of tons of cocaine through the Caribbean coasts

101 properties located in Urabá Antioquia which would belong to alias Pelomono, brother-in-law and a close person of one of the main leaders of the illegal armed group, were seized 

The investigative strategy launched by the Attorney General’s Office to detect and seize assets obtained with drug trafficking resources and other criminal actions, allowed the identification of 101 properties that would be part of the illicit assets belonging to Pedro Pablo Guzmán Usma, alias Pelomono, an alleged leader of the so-called ‘Clan del Golfo’ who would be in charge of collecting money from other illegal structures to allow them to take tons of cocaine through the Golfo de Urabá.

The verifications carried out by prosecutors appointed to the Directorate on Assets Forfeiture, with the support of the National Police, showed that the properties were in the name of Guzmán Osma’s relatives and friends to hide their illegal origin and try to evade the control of the authorities.

In this sense, precautionary measures such as suspension of power to alienate a property and a seizure process were imposed on the properties, which were carried out in proceedings in Apartadó and Turbo (Antioquia). The seized assets are valued at more than 2.300 million COP. They are 7 urban properties, 27 vehicles, 66 livestock and a commercial establishment.

Alias ​​Pelomono was arrested in January of this year by virtue of an extradition request made by the United States justice system on charges related to drug trafficking. Official reports indicate that he is alias Chiquito Malo’s brother-in-law, one of the main leaders of the ‘Clan del Golfo’, and he is allegedly involved in the shipment of cocaine hydrochloride through the Colombian Caribbean to countries of Central America and the United States.

The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004.